Strange Weather (Glenn Frey album)

Strange Weather
Studio album by Glenn Frey
Released	June 23, 1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Rock, pop rock, soft rock
Length	65:13
Label	MCA
Producer	Glenn Frey, Elliot Scheiner, Don Was
Glenn Frey chronology
Soul Searchin' (1988) Strange Weather (1991) Glenn Frey Live (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Strange Weather is the fourth studio solo album by Glenn Frey, the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles. It was released in 1992 by MCA. Though considered an improvement from Frey's previous album by most critics, it went largely unnoticed by the public. It was a commercial disappointment, failing to chart in the US, and none of its three singles reached the Top 40, a first for Frey. "Part of Me, Part of You" was earlier released as part of the Thelma and Louise soundtrack and peaked at #55.

Critical reception

Reviewing for AllMusic, critic William Ruhlmann wrote of the album "With his solo career fading, Glenn Frey got serious on his fourth album, but many of the album's sentiments sounded strange coming from him."^[1] In a review for The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992), Mark Coleman gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that "Frey seemed determined to make a statement. "Love in the 21st Century" was a catchy but deposable rocker in the vein of his Beverley Hills Cop soundtrack hit "The Heat Is On", but both "I've Got Mine" and "He Took Advantage (Blues for Ronald Reagan)" found him stumbling around in the same rich-rock-star-as-self-righteous-angry-liberal footsteps as Henley."^[2]

Track listing

All songs by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Silent Spring" [instrumental prelude]" (Glenn Frey, Jay Oliver)	0:40
2.	"Long Hot Summer" (Frey, Jack Tempchin, Hawk Wolinski)	5:17
3.	"Strange Weather" (Frey, Oliver, Tempchin)	5:03
4.	"Aqua Tranquillo" [instrumental]" (Frey)	0:50
5.	"Love in the 21st Century" (Frey, Kortchmar, Tempchin)	6:12
6.	"He Took Advantage (Blues for Ronald Reagan)"	4:42
7.	"River of Dreams"	6:07
8.	"I've Got Mine"	5:35
9.	"Rising Sun" [instrumental]" (Frey, Oliver)	0:38
10.	"Brave New World"	6:20
11.	"Delicious"	3:47
12.	"A Walk in the Dark" (Frey, Oliver)	5:18
13.	"Before the Ship Goes Down"	4:31
14.	"Big Life"	4:18
15.	"Part of Me, Part of You"	5:57
16.	"Ain't it Love"	4:04

Personnel

• Glenn Frey – acoustic guitar, vocals, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Bill Bergman – tenor saxophone
• John Berry, Jr. – trumpet
• Rosemary Butler – background vocals
• Valerie Carter – background vocals
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Al Garth – saxophone
• Mark Goldenberg – guitar
• Heart Attack Horns
• Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
• Bobby Martin – background vocals
• Chris Mostert – saxophone
• Jay Oliver – keyboards, multiple instruments
• Jerry Scheff – bass
• Greg Smith – baritone saxophone
• Benmont Tench – organ
• Scott Thurston – piano
• Roy Wiegand – trumpet

Production

• Producers: Glenn Frey, Elliot Scheiner, Don Was
• Engineers: Mike Harlow, Tim Nitz, Chris Rich, Elliot Scheiner
• Second engineer: Chris Rich
• Mixing: Elliot Scheiner
• Mastering: Ted Jensen
• Digital editing: Ted Jensen
• Instrumentation: Glenn Frey, Jay Oliver
• Programming: Glenn Frey, Mike Harlow, Jay Oliver
• Production coordination: Ivy Skoff
• Arranger: Glenn Frey, Greg Smith
• Art Direction: Vartan
• Design: Sarajo Frieden
• Cover design: Carl S. Johansen
• Photography: Caroline Greyshock
• Cover art: Carl S. Johansen

Charts

Singles

Year	Song	Billboard Hot 100	Mainstream Rock Tracks	Adult Contemporary
1991	"Part Of Me, Part Of You"	55	9	7
1992	"I've Got Mine"	91	-	12
	"River of Dreams"	-	-	27
1993	"Love in the 21st Century"	112	-	-

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-weather-mw0000073083
2. Coleman, Mark (1992). "Glenn Frey". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly. The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 265. ISBN 0679737294.